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Artist......: Sabbatonero
Album.......: L'uomo di Ferro
Year........: 2022
Genre.......: Metal
Type........: Album
Label.......: Time To Kill Records
Language....: English
Source......: WEB/FLAC (16bit)
Quality.....: 924kbps / 44.1 kHz / Stereo
Tracks......: 10 tracks
Playtime....: 00:57:07
Size........: 377.4 MiB
R.Date......: 2026-07-19
S.Date......: 2022-05-24
Url.........: https://open.qobuz.com/album/innlww00jymic
01. Symptom of the Universe 6:32
02. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 6:04
03. N.I.B. 5:52
04. Killing Yourself to Live 5:50
05. Heaven and Hell 6:52
06. Paranoid 2:49
07. Children of the Grave 4:50
08. A National Acrobat 6:26
09. Hole in the Sky 3:56
10. War Pigs 7:56
Search the internet for tributes to the forefathers of
heavy metal and you'll find a fair few albums to choose
from. What makes this one slightly different is that
'L'Uomo Di Ferro' is an album drawn together by Venom
Inc vocalist and bassist Tony 'Demolition Man' Dolan and
Francesco Conte (Neromega) to raise funds for the Covid
workers in Italy. Dolan and Conte have drawn from the
Worldwide metal community to produce an album that
contains not only the staple Sabbath tracks, 'Paranoid',
'War Pigs' and 'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath' but a couple of
songs that aren't always at the front of the list, and
yet in my mind are absolute classics; see 'Hole in the
Sky' and 'A National Acrobat'.
The guest list is impressive and extensive. Kicking off
with 'Symptom of the Universe', we find the band (Dolan
- bass, Conte - guitars, Filippo Marcheggiani (Banco del
Mutuo Soccorso) - guitars Riccardo Spilli (Balleto Di
Bronzo) - drums) ripping into the badass riff that
should always increase the heart rate. Each track
features guest vocalists, and Rasmus Bom Andersen of
Diamond Head sets the bar high. He's joined by some
extra guitar work from Marty Friedman who adds an
improvised solo that is worth a listen.
Steve Sylvester of Death SS struggles slightly with
'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath', which features Dolan's
bandmate Mantas firing the solo whilst Sylvester's
bandmate Freddy Delirio adds an interesting touch with
his keyboard magic, which doesn't reduce the impact of
the song on iota.
Of course, these songs are all incredibly well known to
us all and it's hard to be objective about versions of
classic songs. The intention here is to raise money for
a good cause and it's impossible to argue with that.
Dolan's vocals on 'N.I.B' will not suit everyone, his
rasping, strained style vastly different to that raw
Osbourne sound in 1969 but his bass is banging and
Suffocation's Terence Hobbs nails Iommi's solo.
'Killing Yourself to Live', features the dual vocals of
Maksymina Kuzianik (ex-Setheist) & Mayara Puertas
(Torture Squad) with additional female representation
from the Brazilian guitarist Prika Amaral of those death
thrashers Nervosa. The changes in tempo are nailed
perfectly and the duet gives the song a different feel
and dimension. Heaven & Hell is blistering, with a
storming solo from Obituary's Ken Andrew the highlight.
We'll skip over the butchering that Flegias of Necrodeth
gives to 'Paranoid', and the energetic but limited
delivery of Raven's John Gallagher on 'Children of the
Grave' and arrive at penultimate track A National
Acrobat which sees Simone Salvatori (Spiritual Front)
take the honours with a decent and soulful performance.
Unfortunately, the closing duo of 'Hole in the Sky' and
'War Pigs' are marred by some horrible vocals, and
that's a shame as Wiley Arnett (Sacred Reich) and James
Murphy provides some stellar guitar work.
Reviewing an album which is for a good cause and has
taken blood, sweat and tears to craft and create is a
poisoned chalice. Covering a band as legendary as
Sabbath makes it even more of a challenge. There is
definitely some good stuff here and the performances are
unique. Musically spot on, it's the vocals that as
always, define the song. And occasionally, they just
aren't in the right place.